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No. 4 · 8 parts · 20 min

The 48 Million Dollar Lie

We finally won forty-eight million dollars. The next morning, the boss's son was on the news holding our check.

Five night-shift diner workers split a lottery ticket every Friday for two years. The night they hit $48 million, the ticket disappears, and the only people who could have taken it are family. Eight parts, one coffee can, and a lie that goes all the way to the top.

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No. 4 The 48 Million Dollar Lie

8 parts · 20 min

We finally won forty-eight million dollars. The next morning, the boss's son was on the news holding our check.

  1. 2:40Part 1Five Dollars Each
  2. 2:32Part 2The Boss's Son
  3. 2:21Part 3The Footage
  4. 2:38Part 4Family Takes Care of Family
  5. 2:32Part 5Everyone Has a Price
  6. 2:27Part 6Midnight at the Gas-N-Go
  7. 2:20Part 7Under the Grill
  8. 2:32Part 8The Check

No. 5 Someone Objected At My Wedding

8 parts · 19 min

When the minister asked if anyone objected, I laughed. Then a woman in a red dress stood up.

  1. 2:36Part 1Speak Now
  2. 2:30Part 2Caleb Dunn
  3. 2:21Part 3Suds and Spin
  4. 2:31Part 4The Arizona Way
  5. 2:22Part 5A Threat in Pearls
  6. 2:23Part 6The Cellar
  7. 2:20Part 7Say It Louder
  8. 2:21Part 8I Object

No. 3 They Said I Cheated

8 parts · 20 min

Three days before graduation, they found the answer key in my locker. I had never seen it before.

  1. 2:36Part 1The Envelope
  2. 2:37Part 2The Camera Kid
  3. 2:35Part 3Code 4471
  4. 2:37Part 4The Trap
  5. 2:26Part 5The Other Hollis
  6. 2:21Part 6What The Card Saw
  7. 2:25Part 7Closed Session
  8. 2:27Part 8Valedictorian

No. 2 Don't Get On The Boat

8 parts · 19 min

At midnight a soaked stranger knocks with one warning: don't let your mom get on that boat.

  1. 2:29Part 1The Knock
  2. 2:26Part 2Carol's Daughter
  3. 2:21Part 3The Search
  4. 2:25Part 4The Last Text
  5. 2:22Part 5The Wire
  6. 2:25Part 6The Cut Strap
  7. 2:24Part 7Ask Your Dad
  8. 2:25Part 8The Flare

No. 1 The 3:07 Wave

8 parts · 20 min

Every night at 3:07 AM, the old man across the street waves at Ava's house. Last night, she waved back.

  1. 2:37Part 1The Wave
  2. 2:41Part 2Sixteen Presents
  3. 2:29Part 3Dead to Me
  4. 2:26Part 4The Wall
  5. 2:20Part 5Porch Light
  6. 2:24Part 6I'm His Son
  7. 2:21Part 7Ruth
  8. 2:24Part 83:07

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